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15 Our Lord and our God,
Bashan is a mighty mountain
    covered with peaks.
16 Why is it jealous of Zion,
the mountain you chose
    as your home forever?

17 When you, Lord God, appeared
    to your people[a] at Sinai,
you came with thousands
    of mighty chariots.

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  1. 68.17 to your people: Or “in all your holiness” or “in your holy place.”

15 Mount Bashan,(A) majestic mountain,(B)
    Mount Bashan, rugged mountain,
16 why gaze in envy, you rugged mountain,
    at the mountain where God chooses(C) to reign,
    where the Lord himself will dwell forever?(D)
17 The chariots(E) of God are tens of thousands
    and thousands of thousands;(F)
    the Lord has come from Sinai into his sanctuary.[a]

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  1. Psalm 68:17 Probable reading of the original Hebrew text; Masoretic Text Lord is among them at Sinai in holiness